Following the suspension of almost two-month strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of the Polytechnic (ASUP), The Polytechnic, Ibadan chapter, the students of the institution will resume on Monday.

The institution's Registrar, Hezekiah Ayodele Fehintola, in a statement in Ibadan on Friday, said that academic activities would resume on that same day in the three campuses of the institution at Ibadan, Eruwa and Saki. 

The statement averred that the resumption was made possible after a fruitful meeting between the new Rector of the institution, his management team and the leaders of the striking union on the various issues that led to the strike in the first instance.

While the students were urged to continue to maintain peace at all time, the Registrar assured that the new management would ensure that their welfare as well as that of the staff would continue to be given priority.  He also disclosed that all the necessary arrangements had been put in place to ensure that lectures resume in all the campuses immediately.

Confirming the resumption directive, the ASUP Chairman of The Polytechnic, Ibadan,

Segun Philips told CEOAFRICA reporter that the union agreed to suspend the strike having been satisfied with the reasonable meeting of some of their demands.

He explained that there had been commitments on the part of the management to meet other demands in full, which he said was why the union decided  to suspend the strike on Thursday.